German noun, neuter · CEFR B1
das Tempo
Meaning in English: speed, pace
Example
In diesem Tempo schaffen wir das nie.
At this pace we'll never make it.
Der, die or das?
Tempo is neuter: das Tempo. That fits the pattern — nouns ending in -o are das in 13 of 14 cases in the list. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Tempo?
Tempo is number 2,604 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 34 times per million words — about once every 29,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 73% of the words in an ordinary German text. B1 means an intermediate word, typical of the B1 exam.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 2,600bestätigteconfirmed (past)
- 2,601der Himmelsky, heaven
- 2,602unterscheidendistinguish, differ (sich)
- 2,603französischenFrench
- 2,604das Tempospeed, pace
- 2,605umfangreicheextensive, comprehensive
- 2,606vereinbartagreed, arranged
- 2,607rettensave, rescue
- 2,608der Kontextcontext
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#2,604
- The most common German nouns#1,091
- German B1 vocabulary#840
- The most common German neuter nouns (das)#134
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